THE HARD R: DALLAS CALLS METALSUCKS READERS ASSHOLES AND FAGGOTS!

Friday, January 8th, 2010 at 4:35pm by

The Hard R with Dallas Coyle

My last blog was fucking hilarious. I mean, really. It was good. No, it was better than good. It was great. Besides some of my blogs that have nothing to do with metal (Susan Boyle) I was able to write something that wasn’t serious at all. And again, it was completely hilarious. The best part of the blog was -

Half of you mother-fuckos didn’t even get it!

And Jesus, it was sad. I mean, come the fuck on. What are you guys paying attention to? One of my choices for my year end list was Joe Duplantier  – For being ‘better than everyone else.’ Oh… and one of my favorites: Ivan Moody’s ‘VOICE’ from FFDP. His voice! His god damn voice?

Wake up, you assholes!

After the reaction to my last, incredible and hilarious blog, it got me inspired to be your punching bag again. Who knew it’d take a complete lack of humor from a majority of the ‘kids’ in the comment section to get me all excited to talk about metal again?

Kudos, fuckos!

What was accomplished with the last installment of THE HARD R?

1) We found out that more than half of the readers who come to the site are probably ‘hipsters.’ Yes, hipsters. The hipster discussion in the comments section was awesome, mostly because it didn’t consist of Dallas Coyle bashing. I appreciated it. But this discussion about ‘What is a hipster?’ made me realize that half of you fucks HAVE to be hipsters. How did I come to my conclusion? Well, that was easy. The word ‘hipster’ was mentioned not more than a handful of times in my last blog. Hell, I think it was only once [The word "hipster" itself was actually used zero times. -Ed.]. But there was a heartfelt, emotional discussion about hipsters in the comments, as if hipsters were a new candidate in some shitty election. Don’t know what a hipster is? Go to Williamsburg, Brooklyn and find out. Hipsters should be called Shitsters. Fuck your dirty beards you cocksuckers.

2) Most of you don’t read what is written before you decide to open your shit eaters. Case in point: I mentioned that most people wouldn’t know what it ACTUALLY takes to become a band that changes a trend or makes a cultural difference. And I am right. Most of you wouldn’t know. Now that statement doesn’t even come close to me saying that MY band did change the trend or caused cultural upheaval. I never made that claim – but I do know what it takes. It takes luck, singularity of vision, and not giving a fuck about changing the trend or causing cultural upheaval. Those three things are hard to get in one entity. Right place, right time is something that happens. Not something you make happen. Read what is said before ASSuming you know what I think. Ass.

3) The last year in metal wasn’t that great. There was nothing significant that happened. Name me ONE thing that was significant in the world of metal. In 2002, KsE’s Alive Or Just Breathing came out and pretty much KILLED nu-metal. I’d say that was significant. In 2003, Shadows Fall and Killswitch played Ozzfest and KILLED it after the four previous years of Ozzfest being nu-metal heaven. I’d say that was significant. In 1994, Korn released their self-titled album and changed the heavy music scene, spawning nu-metal. You guys can diss Korn all you want but most of you say the same thing about Korn, “First album was good… Everything else is ‘meh’.” Getting my point here? It was a GOOD year for metal, but great? I don’t think so.

And last but not least…

4) I’m a brilliant fucking asshole.

Lick balls, faggots.

-DC

  • http://www.roxwel.com Pick-Axe Bobby

    Ugh.

    • http://www.crustcake.com/ The WZA’d

      Seriously. This guy is still a douche.

      • aids robot

        can i pay metalsucks to get this guy to stop posting

        • aids robot

          as in the article

      • true american metalhead

        yay! dallas is my favorite metal internet personality eva!

        • Hand Banana

          Wow! Dallas, you’re a fuckin’ bum!!!! Dallas, take care of your kids you bitch & stop writing dumb post about your shit music.

    • g

      this mans wit, sarcasm, and irony is obviously more than you plebes can handle. go back to stroking your disgusting hipster neckbeards fuckos! his new underground dubstep electronica trance tracks are far superior to his mediocre concept album metalcore, but u will not understand this because you’re all hipsters who think pitchfork was only cool in ’03 and reading a site about metal called metalsucks is just the height of iromedy (heh a fusion of two words im so fucking awesome) but really youre just poser fuckos!

      FUCKOS

      • stu1

        hahaha

      • aids robot

        pretty sure your reading it too since yanno your posting and all

      • Alex_P

        Iromedy. Awesome. New favourite word.

        Although I did enjoy his electronic stuff. It’s not trance (and you don’t care).

      • teaches_of_peaches

        Please tell me more about Dallas’ venture into dubstep. Why is this the first I’m hearing of it?

      • Freedom35

        Way to jump on the dubstep bandwagon.

  • Kye

    Ok?

  • TJ

    Dallas wins teh internetz for today.

    • g

      lol! good one dawg!

  • Caspar Colderson

    I don’t give three shits about what happened in your last blog, cause I saw that it was gonna go awry. But I’ll still claim that Crack The Skye was pretty significant and WILL go down in history as one of the best records produced.
    I will not take place in the following discussion. Flame on!!

    • Nick

      Crack the Skye is pretty much up there with the first time i had rough sex

      • Geekbeater

        with a doorknob….OHHHHHH

        • Nick

          harsh lol

          • Dani

            Crack the Skye sucks, as all of Mastadons albums do

    • teaches_of_peaches

      That’s very arguable. I listened to Crack The Skye twice and forgot about it. As opposed to Blood Mountain, which hooked me from the first listen, and I’ve played it on repeat for quite a while.

      I can’t say my music tastes changed significantly between the albums, just CTS was boring – and I usually don’t mind too much when a band gets softer.

      • PD

        Yeah, seriously, Cadillac’s version of the CTS is so much better than Mastodon’s.

    • SourDeez

      I would say that this year was a great year for metal because of Crack the Skye. Mastodon managed to do the seemingly impossible: Create the album that you truly want to create, without compromising your sound at all, while experimenting in foreign territory, AND make something that appeals to a broader audience? That’s seriously impressive.

      • moogs

        Crack the Skye was the best Neurosis album of the year. OH WAIT.

  • http://thenumberoftheblog.wordpress.com/ groverXIII

    I take great offense to being compared to a bundle of sticks. Fuck those bundles of sticks, man.

    • Alex_P

      I thought it referred to Harley riders.

  • Nikki

    well someone didn’t take his bitch away pms pills today…

  • Alec29

    Thanks for pointing out the obvious, Dallas.

  • Tonberry

    Something doesn’t have to reinvent the wheel, or even be especially relevant to the mainstream metal community to be great. If you’re doing what everybody else is already doing, but you do it better(theoretically, I’m not saying that any bands necessarily did that this year), that’s worth something, no?

    Anyway, don’t let the internet get under your skin so much. You’re sounding like me after a day of getting in flame wars on 4chan over things that I don’t really care about.

    • Alex_P

      Yeah, I would say. Case in point, Mantic Ritual. No, Executioner isn’t the best Thrash album of ’09 (Revocation’s is), but it is played with heart and balls, unlike most of its peers.

      • Discipleofthewatch

        I love that album.

      • http://www.facebook.com/people/Corey-Mitchell/660352330 Corey Mitchell

        Hear! Hear!

  • Genial Gentile

    Barely a blip on the radar.

    • http://myspace.com/duckbillz Duck Billz

      I initially read your name as Genital Genital.

      • tim

        Me too, lol

      • teaches_of_peaches

        Gentle Giant

  • cougar party

    Dallas, your an opinionated guy who writes a very opinionated blog. Expect people to bust your balls. This is the internet.

  • Michiel

    I’m watching Conan the Barbarian right now. I remembered it was good, but damn… not just that, it’s awesome! Any and all male inhabitants of the earth should like this movie.

    • Andy Synn

      What IS best in the world?

      “To crush your enemies, to see them driven before you, and to hear the lamentations of their women.”

      Damn straight.

      • Michiel

        “They shall all drown in lakes of blood.”

        METAL!!

  • enyggma

    Haha! Great blog man! You crack me up.

    • NoNameNoSlogan

      Wow what’s with the Spiderman 2099 avatar?…fuckin random

      • Edika

        Hey dude Spidey 2099 kicked ass!! Do bad they went and fucked the whole 2099 verse!!

  • orbital

    LOL, funny shit!

  • Ben

    Wow. So, Dallas gets tons of shit for being totally irrelevant and decides to combat this by attempting to be over-the-top controversial… that’s really original. Too bad he’s not very good at it. I wonder how long he sat there with a pencil and paper trying to come up with a catch phrase like “fuckos”

    • stu1

      He probably started planning it about 20 minutes after his last one went up.

  • bearbomb

    Dear Dallas,

    Sarcasm is tonal. It does not translate over the written word.

    Love,
    Common knowledge

    • Me

      haha.

    • SonOF

      nice. +

    • Alex_P

      Beautiful. You made my day.

    • Watty

      This.

      • carlos castaneda

        thank you bearbomb! i didn’t comment on his “list”, but i know that it’s impossible to retort against a guy who assumes that all people who comment on his articles are butthurt losers.. seriously Dallas, assumptions are the mother of all fuck ups. i just feel bad for you that you’re wasting your time on this trivial shit; you sound like you’re still in high school.

        on a side note, i think it’s pretty lazy to mine the comment section on your own site for your content… i’d rather go read elsewhere where the writers aren’t such self-important snobs.. just sayin’.

        anyway, don’t be bummed that your band didn’t become the next chimaira. move on, grow up, get some education, and then maybe you’ll earn yourself a place a prestige somewhere other than the metal blogging community!

        sincerely,
        an anonymous, educated, beer-drinking, weed-smoking metalhead.

  • meat mincing machine

    The diarrhea spewing out of you must really burn when you’re so butthurt about the internet

  • Tanner

    Still dont know why calling Metalsucks readers assholes and ball lickers is really worth anyones time. You get what you give Dallas.

  • Wyzt

    Dear Dearbomb

    You can still tell if someone is being sarcastic over the Internet if your not an idiot. Especially when it’s made to be really obvious. Look at Gary’s blog posts, 90% of the replies are people who think he’s serious. How fucking dumb are you people?

    Love, Wyzt

    • bearbomb

      You can if you’re a good writer, yes. But we’re talking about Dallas here. To be honest I stopped reading half way through his last blog because I could feel my brain cells dying off by the thousands.

      • Wyzt

        Haha, I don’t even like this dude and his shitty band. I didn’t even bother reading the post, I just like seeing people get riled up. I was mostly attacking people who are too dense to get Gary’s posts. Most of the readers here seem to be dumber then a sack of rocks.

    • Marcus

      ” if your not an idiot”

      Sarcasm, right?

  • Alkahest

    “The word ‘hipster’ was mentioned not more than a handful of times in my last blog. Hell, I think it was only once [The word "hipster" itself was actually used zero times. -Ed.]. ”

    Wow, MS. Way to completely undercut him there.

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Daniel-Winnett/504952291 Daniel Winnett

    Dude you’re named after a city, your words are worthless…

    (Being a prick for the fuck of it…)

    • SonOF

      Didn’t someone once say, “Never play cards against someone named after a city?”

      • metalguy

        It was me. And the phrase is actually “Never let someone whos named after a city and cant take a negative opinion towards himself write a blog for people who love to see him whine”. Rolls right off the tongue

  • Patrick

    Guys if we hate Dallas, lets stop commenting his blog on here , resist

  • Dwarfskeet

    Badump-ptch. Wait, woops.

  • Ballsdeep

    Settle down buddy your known as only a guitarist, in a genre with a mentality of a 15 year old, and which your blog is not helping prove any different. Get over yourself, write some memoriable material (practice more), and stop writing blogs because hipsters are the loser that write blogs.

    Remember every whole is a goal.

  • myke

    another fine read, seriously hipsters should be called shitsters actually can we bomb williamsburg i fuckin that place

  • Kye

    Also, didn’t Linkin Park’s Meteora come out the year after Alive or Just Breathing and sell more than Killswitch’s entire discography…and then I seem to remember Korn, Limp Bizkit, System of a Down, Slipknot, and Disturbed all releasing albums in the next year or so after that too. So, call me crazy but I don’t think the wonderfully fictional genre of nu-metal died because of a release that most kids listening to nu-metal at the time never even heard until after The End of Heartache.

    • http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/46e389eb8b79606050d3d447431ff6ac?s=80 Nate

      How DARE you call SoaD nu-metal.

  • DD

    lol Love it.

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Jason-John-Crispen/100000169530540 Jason John Crispen

    …and killswitch’s new album has managed to kill their own legacy

    • jake

      Truer words have never been spoken

    • SonOF

      It was better than the two previous ones..

      • Jake

        Are you kidding me?It can’t even come close to As daylight dies let alone Heartache and ADD was a bad album in my opinion

        • http://www.facebook.com/people/Jason-John-Crispen/100000169530540 Jason John Crispen

          as daylight dies and end of heartache are essentially the same album. so many songs are just throwaways. and the two lead singles had the same exact structure. nothing of theirs will come close to alive or just breathing.

          • Jake

            Indeed

        • SonOF

          I thought A.D.D was amazingly forgetable, and the End of Heartache was just OK. I like the new self-titled better than A.D.D, and probably about the same as T.E.O.H.

          So my order of Killswitch albums to date is:

          1. Alive or Just Breathing
          2. First self-titled album (2000)
          3. The End of Heartache / newer self-titled (2009) – can’t pick a favorite between these two
          4. As Daylight Dies

    • Matthew Grant Anson

      What legacy?

  • BEHEMOHAWK

    Merp

    A

    Derp.

    • orbital

      dey took er yaaaabs!!!

      • Seth

        dur da duuuurrrr!!!!!!

        • http://www.facebook.com/people/Jesse-Menard/502061034 Jesse Menard

          terk er duuurrrbbbsss!!!

  • Honeynutzz

    How about MS fires Dallas and finds someone who might actually use this space to say something worth while.

    • http://www.facebook.com/people/Jeremy-Sanchez/512283152 Jeremy Sanchez

      Completely agreed. What an ass.

    • http://raiseyerfists.wordpress.com Liam

      Yes please.

  • inhumanrampager

    Guess who has 2 thumbs and doesn’t care? I think about half the people who wasted their time reading this have 2 thumbs and don’t care. Honestly, all you did was flame and troll a ton of people who posted some comments in your last blog as if your shit don’t stink. Honestly, I don’t think you should continue posting these “blogs” until you actually have something worth while to mention. You sir have made yourself a waste of bandwidth. Please, for your sanity and ours, rejoin God Forbid so we don’t have to read through your trash. You’re a better musician than you are a blogger. Case and point: this very post you made, which contained a word used to piss of gay people. If one needs to stoop so low as to use that, then they clearly need to update their lexicon, and get out of the 90′s.

  • Facebook User

    lol love the blog dude keep it up

  • mahkiavelli

    I love how this guy just spouts off nonsense (well, most of the time) and it just whips everyone up into a frenzy. I say keep posting! Go Dallas!

  • Facebook User

    More fruitless attempts to purify the internet, also known as (aka) the asshole of humanity. As long there is anonymity, there will be rampant and lewd vulgarity. You’re in the wild west here Dallas (haha, that’s kind of funny), and you don’t win by trying to put yourself above it.

  • Mike

    No wonder Dallas isn’t in God Forbid anymore. Can we get Doc to do a blog instead of this loser?

    P.S. What has he done since he left God Forbid besides mope around? Can’t wait to hear the garbage he (Dallas) puts out next.

    • orbital

      Doc did do a blog on here. And everyone flamed him thinking it was Dallas

      • SonOF

        No one with a brain thought it was Dallas, there was a big fucking picture of Doc above it.

  • iolanach

    ANOTHER post by this douche.

    Jesus Christ.

  • Kevin C

    No one cares about you, stop letting this guy write blogs. You’re not in a band anymore, and the band you quit wasn’t even that good.

    • stu1

      Hammer, meet nail.

  • http://lavidastrangiato.blogspot.com/ Jake Strangiato

    wat

  • Bicro

    This dude needs to stop crying.

  • Skanes

    I wish I was a random insignificant douche bag so I could get my own Metalsucks blog :(

    Really though, the staff is just fucking with us, right?

  • msv81

    Hey Dallas, have you looked at the recent “suggestions to change the site” post? You know, where us, the people who keep this site alive, were asked to provide suggestions on what Axl and Vince should tweak/add/take away? Well, you’ll find that a ton of people, myself included, asked that you be replaced, removed, taken out back and beaten with a garden hose.

    Seriously, you are an egotistical moron who DOES in fact think God Forbid somehow made a change in metal, just go back and look at some of your previous posts from last year (NOT your last one, I didn’t even read that one because I couldn’t care less about what your dumbass has to say…..and this new post reiterates the point). You’re nothing more than a shit talking pussy hiding behind a keyboard just like the next guy. Just because you were part of a generic metalcore band and are bitter that you never got as big as Killswitch doesn’t make you some kind of music god.

    Really, fuck off. Hey Axl and Vince, I’ll donate $100 towards the cause of replacing this asshole with someone worthwhile, like Devin T, or, I dunno, ANYONE else.

    • Ryd1ZZ

      I agree.

      I don’t have $100 to donate but having Devin Townsend replace this attention whore would be great. Maybe just have Dallas gtfo.

      • BTK666

        Even let Doc take over, I thoroughly enjoyed reading his well-constructed post, and was surprised by his grammatical prowess.

        It’s so clear that Dallas is ruing his decision to leave God Forbid and is at about a third of the way down the spiral of self-loathing fueled career suicide. The climax of which will be him begging his brother to take him back!

    • Hammer_Smashed_Hurtt

      Im down, $100 says you guys remove this fuckin tool.

    • Dallas

      OK MSV81,
      Where is this suggestions post? I’d like to see it. Also, don’t say I;m a pussy. You don’t know me. You don’t know what I think. And for the record people know who I am, so there are repercussions for the things I say. You, on the other hand, are just an invisible punk. Stay invisible. Please.

      • msv81

        Hey Dallas, SUCK ON THIS, ASSHOLE:

        http://www.metalsucks.net/2010/01/05/facelift/

        And there you go being a complete ego driven douchebag. “And for the record people know who I am”……pshhhh big fucking deal, people know who Kenny G is, too.

        I might be an “invisible punk”, but at least I have a college education and can articulate myself in a respectable manner, moron. Hey Dallas, do you even own a house? Do you have a real job? What have you truly accomplished? When you’re too old to play generic, craptastic music (BTW: listened to your new non-metal “project” and I haven’t been that underwhelmed in a long time, keep thinking it’s some kind of breakthrough), what are you going to do with that high school degree? Do you even have a high school degree? I’d say it’s 50/50.

        I reiterate, $100 to get this idiot off the site. Please.

      • Hammer_Smashed_Hurtt

        Yep we all know you, you’re in every teens basement, every invisible ‘im a tough guy behind a keyboard’ punk ass weak little lamb. You had your 15 so now you feel you can diarrhea forth a bunch of bullshit from your cocksucker and belittle us all. Ya we know you well..

      • Hammer_Smashed_Hurtt

        Are you serious?? So you obviously dont even read the stuff on this site. Youre actually the biggest thing on the suggestions for 2010. Collectively just about EVERYONE asked MS to fucking get rid of you. Take the fucking hint.

      • Jugglemonkey

        We don’t HAVE to know you, that fact that you call an internet tough-guy an invisible punk after spouting off the same kind of shit he was tells us all we need to know about you. You’re a hypocritical douchebag hiding behind a keyboard, just like the rest of us ‘fuckos’. Yeah, Dave Mustaine may be a dick just like you, but he at least has made some very influential music. What have you done?

        We don’t know what you think? Isn’t the entire point of a blog to let people know what you think about a given subject? Either we don’t know what you think because you’re a terrible blogger, or you’re just a fucking idiot. I’ll run with the latter.

    • fuzzyshan

      agreed. i want to respect his posts and opinions the way i respect eyal’s but he’s just a fucking douche

      • http://www.facebook.com/people/Rob-Kurkjian/1238131077 Rob Kurkjian

        That right there is my problem Eyal had a problem with how we talked about The Rev’s death so what did he do he wrote a very well thought out post about it and actually used examples and evidence. When this douche face has a problem he uses his amazing grammar and calls us all “Fuckos” Dallas go fuck yourself. God Forbid is stale Metalcore. Your music sucks and to be honest. You are a little pussy who hides behind his keyboard. Your Blog is a waste of space on here I mean really this diarrhea of the mouth is a waste of bandwith.

        Oh and another thing you think your so smart and wonderful. Playing breakdowns isnt that tough.

        Devin who is actually a fairly modest guy should take his spot. I mean really someone calls him a genius and he says I don’t think I am, I just love music. I mean really now he is a smart guy who can actually make fun of himself like his article on Addicted. I mean really Dallas would you ever do that probably not.

        DEVIN FOR COLUMNIST

        • msv81

          Another $100 (making it $200 from me personally) donated to this site if Devin takes over.

          You’re like an uneducated monkey on PCP yapping incoherent nonsense, Dallas. And nobody likes you.

  • Hibernum

    Moar Juggalos plz, k thnks bie!

  • SolaceInNothing

    1.) My band played in Williamsburg, Brooklyn and I can testify to the fact that it is indeed filled with Hipsters. I never saw so many tight jean, black rimmed glasses wearing jerkoffs in one spot before.

    2.) I’m really glad to see some people in the actual profession of metal striking back at the asshole dregs who populate the comments on this site, good for you DC!

    • builtforsin

      Please try and not generalize music fans based on the crowd you saw in NYC. IT’s NY YOU FUCK. Of course it was the “hipsterist” crowd you ever saw. Next your going to say you went to a show in Cali and they were all wearing bright colored shirts and gym shorts. Or in SF and they were all gay.

      NO SHIT.

      • SolaceInNothing

        Music fans? The people I was talking about wasn’t in the club we played at, they were on the streets. Why would hipsters be in a metal club? YOU FUCK.

        And please dont generalize PEOPLE. NY is certainly not all hipsters (theres gang members too), NJ is not all guidos ( I know cause thats where I live), SF is not all gay, and Cali is not all jocks or whoever you think wears gym shorts. YOU FUCK.

        Way to write the most contradicting reply ever in internet history, YOU FUCK.

  • Andy Synn

    In terms of his history in God Forbid I think GF had a lot of very good songs. Rarely enough to carry a whole album, but showed some ambition and progression. I was never really their biggest fan, but fair play to them.

    Still, for some reason I don’t like Dallas’ blogs for their content (though I do admit to reading them and enjoying the discussions/responses that ensue. Honestly.).

    One actually relevant point though…. why exactly is it only in the US that anything significant in metal can happen?

    • Kill All

      “In terms of his history in God Forbid I think GF had a lot of very good songs. Rarely enough to carry a whole album, but showed some ambition and progression.”

      Determination was an awesome album the whole way through. But that’s it, everything else was hit or miss.

      “One actually relevant point though…. why exactly is it only in the US that anything significant in metal can happen?”

      The U.S. is the world, duh!!!

      • SonOF

        I’d say Gone Forever was “good all the way through,” as well.

        And why are we talking about GF in the past tense? They will carry on without Dallas, believe it or not.

        • Andy Synn

          True. I meant their history up to now, as more than a “generic metalcore band” (as they have been referred to here. I didn’t mean to suggest that they would not continue on. Again, both Determination and Gone Forever (which was almost 100% good – not a life changer at all, but a good album, well thought out and out together, remember we can’t all be an Opeth/Meshuggah/King Crimson and change the world entirely… lol). I felt their last one had some great songs on it, but like all their work lacked one overall direction or mood/theme.

          I don’t want to suggest that GF simply fill up space, they write good songs and perform them well, but (for whatever reason) they haven’t (yet, of course) proved as massivley significant as some of their peers or bands before them. A lot of it is perhaps luck and simply the overwhelming trends of opinion (let’s face it, there’s still a definitie trend of opinion amongst all us cool and well-informed metalheads, right?).

          Plus, what is with The Rain? Great song, but ruined by not ending with that clean vocal refrain… goes into an unnecessary and jarring drum fill… what were you thinking!?!?!? Lol.

          Also… also…. guest spots from The Absence improve anything and everything.

  • Deschain

    In response to number 3

    1) Mastodon’s “Crack the Skye” blowing up and ushering a new breed of rock/metal crossover. They were number 3 on Time Magazine’s list of the most important moments in music. When was the last time a metal band (and not a nu-metal band) made it into TIME. Not Decibel, not Terrorizer, but Time magazine, the same magazine read by a huge swath of Americans who claim to hate metal. Baroness also made a similar impact, although not nearly as grand. Expect a truckload of bands to start adopting this new breed of hard rock/metal.

    2) The American Black metal revival led by Krallice, Wolves in the Throne Room, Nachtmystium, and Cobalt. Ben Ratliff of The New York Times has been running a number of pieces on it. Experimental/psychedelic outside the box stuff that is abandoning the church burning, satanic, minimalistic roots, and evolving it into a new art form. In fact, you can almost point to the entire Profound Lore lineup for metal’s next superstars. While it may not catch mainstream attention, its a pretty big development for metal music, particularly black metal which has been stuck worshiping at the alter of Burzum and Darkthrone for over 15 years.

    Its ridiculous to try and assess events that happened in 2009 because we haven’t seen their affects on metal yet. Music is an evolutionary process. Very rarely do these big bang moments happen. Mastodon may be way more important than Korn, KSE, and Shadows Fall Combined. They might not be. Nachtmystium may become the next Pink Floyd. Who knows. A lot happened for metal in 2009, its way to soon to count out the events that may or may not shape metal’s future.

    • Andy Synn

      Perhaps he means that a lot less happened in the “mainstream” of metal in 2009?

      Which i’m ok with. Not that there’s anything intrinsically wring with the style that has become mainstream accepted (as opposed to bands who cahnge style FOR mainstream acceptance), I just think that in its own insular world metal has continued to progress and focus on improving itself, without need to impress the external world.

    • orbital

      Give this guy a blog FFS

    • http://myspace.com/duckbillz Duck Billz

      “… black metal which has been stuck worshiping at the alter of Burzum and Darkthrone for over 15 years.”

      You are out of your fucking mind.

      • Deschain

        I don’t find it a stretch at all to say that the vast majority of black metal (in particular the super underground stuff) are stuck trying to attempt to imitate Norwegian black metal from the early 90′s. Darkthrone minimalism and riff stylings are present in nearly all black metal recordings in an attempt to promote the Evil Kvlt Warrior Facade while a good amount of DSBM and atmospheric black borrow heavily from the Burzum school of rhythm patterns and ambiance. Sure bands like Kroda and Temnozor utilize native instrumentation and call it pagan, Dimmu Borgir and Nokturnal Mortum throw in keyboards and call it symphonic, Winterfylleth and Wodensthrone tap into cultural ancestry and call it Heritage, but the elements established by the Norwegian founders are more than present in all of it. Very few bands have stepped outside of the very confined boundaries largely because black metal culture doesn’t allow it, and I’m saying this as a huge black metal fan and follower.

        • http://myspace.com/duckbillz Duck Billz

          Good, accurate, entirely reasonable response. I do this thing in which I tend to disregard what is happening popularly, fail to distinguish my own listening trends from actual trends in music and end up with a skewed and very selfish viewpoint. I have mainly been captivated by many of the original and more experimental bands in black metal to the disadvantage of most of the more traditionally inspired bands to whom I have listened. I am a big fan of all four American bands you mentioned, but I don’t personally consider them leaders of a creative revival in black metal. A popular revival, absolutely, and it doesn’t hurt that all four bands in addition to bands like Absu, Agalloch and Ludicra are very creative and emotionally inspired.

          Anyhow, you are obviously a big-time fan of black metal and an insightful person. Clearly you are not out of your fucking mind, and I apologize.

          Also, FUCK Nokturnal Mortum.

          • Dysenteric

            What’s wrong with NM?

    • SonOF

      “Its ridiculous to try and assess events that happened in 2009 because we haven’t seen their affects on metal yet. Music is an evolutionary process. Very rarely do these big bang moments happen. Mastodon may be way more important than Korn, KSE, and Shadows Fall Combined. They might not be. Nachtmystium may become the next Pink Floyd. Who knows. A lot happened for metal in 2009, its way to soon to count out the events that may or may not shape metal’s future.”

      This is exactly true. Those “important” things that happened that Dallas mentioned, it wasn’t evident how important they were right away….not sure if Dallas is seeing that.

      • Andy Synn

        Occasionally Dimmu throw in a symphony orchestra and call it symphonic…

  • thedynasty

    Hey Dallas,

    No one really cares about you.

    Ok bye,
    Joe

  • Ziltoid

    The irony is that nothing you’ve ever written for this site has been “hilarious.” Seriously, you’re not funny, or insightful. Your rants sound like D-rate Lewis Black material.

    Let me demonstrate why by summarizing your post:

    1) You guys are hipsters. Hipsters suck. Go suck a dick.

    2) You can’t read. Ass.

    3) Replacing shit music with more shit music is somehow significant.

    4) I’m so cool. Herp derp.

    And you wonder why your rants bring out the idiots? It’s because they’re reading garbage. You don’t see this happening when Arthur von Nagel or Eyal Levi post anything. They write intelligent columns and get (somewhat) intelligent responses. But your writing is to writing what Marylin Manson is to music–shitty garbage that gets popular for shock value alone, without having any actual merits.

    Either write something moderately worth reading (and commenting intelligently on), or don’t write at all. I’m thinking that Rich Hallford might actually be a step up over your writing, which is sad.

    –Ziltoid the Omniscient

    • Kye

      Well put.

      • aids robot

        boom roasted

    • Dallas

      Damn, Ziltoid! That’s cold as ice. I guess I’ll kiss YOUR ass then. I dug your day of Metalsucks. Fuck you very much then :)

    • SonOF

      Agree with Ziltoid for once. Except for #3; once again Ziltoid thinks EVERYTHING in the universe (except the half dozen top secret bands he listens to) is shit.

      • Ziltoid

        Not everything. Just most things. Pardon me for having high standards.

    • I killed a Dunky

      +1 Zitoidddddddddddddddd

      • BEHEMOHAWK

        The omniscccient

    • Hammer_Smashed_Hurtt

      Well put Mr Ziltoid.

      • http://www.facebook.com/people/Rob-Kurkjian/1238131077 Rob Kurkjian

        thank you Zilty great post

        and of course Dallas’s post has absolutly no thought what so ever like every other Dallas post

    • http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/46e389eb8b79606050d3d447431ff6ac?s=80 Nate

      Where have you been? This site NEEDS you to inject more sanity and intellect into it.

      • Ziltoid

        No worries. I’ve been here this whole time. MS hasn’t had too many posts worth commenting on as of late, so that would explain the lack of many lengthy posts of grand intellect and sanity from me. Even the year end lists were just so boring that I didn’t bother saying much, if anything, at all. Still, I am always here.

        • http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/46e389eb8b79606050d3d447431ff6ac?s=80 Nate

          Yay! In semi-related news, I’ve been spinning ZTO constantly thanks to you… *shakes fist* By Your Command tok top plays on my mac the other day.

  • SP420

    Hahahahaha.

    It’s hilarious how people just continue to walk right into what Dallas is asserting: that you’re all worthless braindead idiots who are doing nothing but increasing the readership of this site with your puerile shit throwing in the Comments section. Just fucking golden.

  • Andy Paige

    This entire comment section, as well as the “blog” it’s a response to, sounds like a bunch of retarded middle school kids on a hormone induced witch hunt. Why does every genre have to have some kind of Fascist Elite that’s too good for everyone and every other type of music? Where could this argument possibly go but in circles? If you hate hip kids so much than settle it in the mosh pit like our forefathers did.

  • Devilinside3x6

    Why was 2009 a great year in metal? I didn’t hear one word about Wicked Wisdom.

    Oh, and The Great Misdirection and Crack the Skye.

    • BEHEMOHAWK

      *Misdirect

      • Devilinside3x6

        Misdirect…So embarrassing.

  • ETIDIOT

    this is gayer than that five star review of Oceano

    FAIL

  • http://www.ftsmetal.com James

    Dallas Coyal will be nothing more than a touring guitarist for the rest of his life or be an inferior band which sells even less than God Forbid. So hey, when he insults you, take it seriously.

    • Jesus

      Which is more than you will likely ever be in the world of metal.

      • Matthew Grant Anson

        Jesus is right.

        • gibberish

          Yeah, Jesus has a tendency to do that

  • Vakarm

    I forget which wiseman spoke these great words, but it pretty much sums up what i think of this entire situation

    “Arguing on the internet is like running in the special olympics: id doesn’t matter if you win or loose, you’re still a retard”

    THIS sucks

  • chris

    hahahaha the funny thing is dallas acts like people care about his opinion. he was a piece of shit in a piece of shit band, now what is he without the piece of shit band? just a piece of shit. dallas, you’re washed up. go make some more generic metalcore. fuck, i’m from jersey and i fucking hate you.

  • http://schenkeltown.blogspot.com SchenkelTown

    nice. NICE!

  • Me

    this point has been made before, but I will reiterate. the fact that you all are posting on his blog time after time to express your hatred for the blog just adds extra page views to the metalsucks site. the fact that dallas drums up so much so-called “controversy” because of his loud mouth guarantees more comments/views/interaction on the metalsucks site. why would the head honchos here at metalsucks fire him? maybe if you all boycotted metalsucks, or at the very least, STOP WRITING comments on this blog, then maybe you can actually incite change. but none of you will actually organize such an endeavor, and frankly, I would rather you not anyway.in all honesty, there are a bunch of stories I skip over everyday here at metalsucks because I’m not interested in them. why don’t you do the same for this blog? is it really taking up that much space on the site and detracting from the other articles here? although I find eyal and the occasional doc coyle blog to be more inciteful, I ALSO read dallas’ blog. if just a fraction of the people wanna read it, what’s the problem.. YOU ELITIST PRICKS <—– sarcasm?

  • Dave B

    Haha. To everyone that posts negative stuff: You are just doing what you are expected to do. This guy doesn’t give a shit. He has a forum to openly attack and antagonize without any recourse. If you had a chance, wouldn’t you have a good bit of fun doing that.

    In short, Don’t take Dallas Coyle seriously. If you do, you do it at your own peril.

    Go Dallas!

  • dishwashsoap

    ok, he can write whatever he wants because he’s got credentials in the metal world. but someone needs to proof-read his articles before they’re posted.

  • Luna

    Holy shit! I cant believe this.

    You hate metal, but you have a blog about it?
    C’mon, dont waste your time on this…

    I know you probably wont read this, I dont care I just wanted to write it. But I wold like you to read it… I really can’t believe this, why would I open a blog about something I hate?
    Someone who hates so much metal, wouldn’t waste his/her time on it, I guess.
    Honestly I think this make no sense…

    However… I’ts your time, not mine.

    Greetings

    • Discipleofthewatch

      Metal Sucks.

  • Jizzmaster3000

    You can’t do satire or sacrasm, and neither can GS. Just give it up you guys, it ain’t never gonna happen.

  • http://www.nocleansinging.com Islander

    I usually don’t see any point in posting a comment that basically just says “you rock” or “you suck.” Who gives a shit about that kind of comment, really? But I’m making an exception today. You really do rock! Hit the fucking nail on the head.

  • dave

    God Forbid ain’t shit without you in there.

    • dave

      no they arent shit anymore, they are ok now

  • earthsherm

    no one cares about a quitter

    • http://www.facebook.com/people/Jeremy-Sanchez/512283152 Jeremy Sanchez

      el oh el

  • http://www.easttexasunderground.net DaylightReckoning

    Oh, that Dallas is a silly bitch. And I remember that Ozzfest in 2003, I got there right before KSE, and it was awesome!

  • Sean Williams

    HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA\
    DALLAS YOU SO FUNNY!!!! COME FUCK MY BUTTHOLE!

    (note:read sarcasm)

  • Scott
    • Jesus

      hahahahaha, forgot about this jem

  • Facebook User

    i love you dallas.

    eyal, on the other hand, can suck my fat cock

  • jxk

    i like dallas, but i feel like he hasn’t had anything interesting to say in quite a while.

    one day he’ll be back on top. one day.

  • Wot?

    Dallas you would make the perfect heel if you were a wrestler because you act like a complete douchecanoe. Grats!

    • RomuluXX

      Douchecanoe is easily the best thing I’ve ever read

  • chumbawumba

    Dallas, shut the fuck up. BRING BACK DEVIN TOWNSEND BLOGS!

  • Congrats Metal Sucks!!!
    Now you have not just Suarez, but now Dallas among your ranks as writers who’ve completely marginalized themselves (and you as well) through inept sarcasm. Is this really the market you’re shooting for? *shrug* It’s your site, but it might suit you better if you guys surround yourselves with other writers who actually know what the hell they’re talking about (Eyal, you two)

  • dave

    i used to just think this guy was a talenentless douche, now i know hes not funny either

    • builtforsin

      LAWL

  • s8n

    He’s not wrong though,Most of you fucktards that read this site are probably only about ten years of age anyway.There are to many bands now it is way to easy to form a band these days and just make any old noise and claim that it falls into some sub genere.I am 48 and have been into this shit since i was about 14 i have also played guitar for that time aswell.I must have seen a million bands come and go.And still who are the longest stayers.Maiden,Acdc,Kiss hell even zztop, in their day they were innovators not masturbaters..I am looking forward to the new mutiny within album though.I fucking like the blog you shitlickers need to get a sense of humour.Doh

    • Michiel

      So what if the majority of this site’s visitors are young? You seem to be living proof that wisdom does not always come with age. Congrats on playing guitar for 34 years and still being irrelevant. Not much of an innovator yourself, are you?

      • Dallas

        Michiel,
        Who are you? You sit here and talk shit? At least he can play guitar. What the fuck can you do?

        • God Forbid always blew cock

          It’s funny because that same statement can be applied to you.

        • Michiel

          I play guitar, drums and keyboard. I also have a knack for writing, which is what I make my living of. Everyone can do things man. Not that it matters around here.

          The thing is, I sit here and talk shit. He sits there and talks shit. The difference is he’s talking shit about modern bands doing their thing and comparing them to the legendary bands he grew up with. What an accomplishment. He stood by the sideline all his life and dares to bash on young musicians making a name for themselves.

          You ask who I am. Well, I’ll probably never be a public figure and I’m pretty comfortable with that. So I guess Michiel from the Netherlands will do. Pleased to meet you. I actually enjoyed reading all your blogs, except this one. It was pretty bad.

          Rock on!

      • SonOF

        Michael:
        Dallas played guitar on five pretty well-known, and decent selling metal albums, as well as toured for like 10 years all over the US plus other countries. This means he has affected quite a few people’s lives through his music. Personally, I have seen GF about 6-8 times live, and each was an amzing show. So he has affected my life, even if in a minor way, because I will remember those shows as good times. I’m 99% sure that is more than you (or any of the other shit-talkers on this blog) will ever accomplish in music, so you can’t say he hasn’t accomplished anything. Again, probably 99% of aspiring metal musicians would be THRILLED to be as “irrelevant” as Dallas.

        This is not being said to kiss ass. I think people are going out of their way to bash Dallas’ music, guitar skills, and career in general, simply because they don’t like his writing or point of view. If you want to bash his writing and opinions, do so – that is why their is a comments section. All of the personal bashing about his music in unnecessary. It’s not like he’s posting his music and asking for comments about it.

        • Michiel

          I know man. My reply was pointed at s8n. I feel uncomfortable with all the Dallas-bashing as well. He’ll be glad to read your post.

    • Ryan

      PEDO DETECTED

      Also when have AC/DC ever been innovative?

      • http://www.myspace.com/brutusegypt TIMUR

        another thing that’s lackin is resepect for your elders….

        wisdom comes with experience, and age doesn’t necessarily translate into experience…altho sometimes it does…

        non of the bands mentioned above apart from Maiden are interesting to me…but chances are they were innovative before you were born maybe…? that’s time relevant…who’s innovative now…? DEP…? Converge? Mastodon? Hunnab Ku? the Binary Code? FuckTheFacts? YoMama?

        not everyone is successful to the point of celebrity status…after all…who the fuck are you anyway?

      • Pahkmycah

        AC/DC is innovative because of the fact that they’ve been playing the same song since 1975 and are still popular.

  • http://myspace.com/bizarrodrake Marc

    Waaaaaaaaah times infinity.

  • Blahblahblah

    Now I know why you aren’t in God Forbid anymore, you eat to much cock.

    • pigchop

      excellent choice of name, buddy.

  • builtforsin

    Who cares, this guys bands have sold a combined total for 17 records.

  • builtforsin

    How come he can use the word f a g g o t in his article, but we cannot in the comments?

    I can think of at least 12 ways to describe Dallas as a f a g g o t after reading this.

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/David-Hulsey/653830783 David Hulsey

    Was this written drunk? Because it sounds like one of my drunken Myspace blogs that used to get me into all kinds of trouble with basically everybody I know. I actually think you are grasping for people to GET what you are saying and therefor trying to garner praise for yourself. But it also sounds like something I would say drunk so…apparently I am an attention whore. Fuck.

  • AATHD

    hed pe is still hiring.

    • Alex_P

      Makes me want to apply.

  • Fufkin

    What a pile of hoo-ha about nothing in particular. Irony swirling around a huge ironic nebula of sarcasm; just how are us simpletons supposed keep up with all this satire?

  • exanimate

    I read the entire blog and every comment, yet nothing in my world has changed. Such a letdown.

  • Hammer_Smashed_Hurtt

    Thats cool so MS pretty much completely ignored everyone who asked for less Dallas..I can actually see them giggling in a corner.

    If only we had a collective beer bottle……

  • MSalonen

    Pretty sure Dallas still doesn’t know what it takes to be culturally significant, despite his claims. Quite positive it does rely more on personal action rather than any cosmic forces/luck in whether or not you strike gold, so to speak. That sort of thing does happen, and is extremely helpful, but I feel that it is by no means more important than other factors that a person is directly responsible for and in control of.

  • http://www.myspace.com/brutusegypt TIMUR

    Dallas,,

    I don’t know you so I can’t call you an asshole…or what’s the new term du jour…aah DOUCHE…however, you sound bitter if anything…

    You and your bro had a good thing going on with the band; I still listen to the last three records, far from groundbreaking, they’re solid nevertheless…

    Don’t diss the metal music which is all our life’s blood, and claiming that nothing significant happened last year in the metal scene just shows how much narrower your mind is becoming…no disrespect to your forrays into other genres, but they’ll go unnoticed just like most comments made by the outspoken shitsters you call them…

    Grow up and stop whining, not just you Dallas, but the rest of you, sometimes you have to stop giving a shit about what people really think of you and just focus on getting your job done…like Devin Townsend for example…

    It amazes me how people can throw insults back and forth, due to them being anonymous of course, and all this complaining by certain site visitors, not just you Dallas, is redundant to say the least….something of substance please, that’s why I enjoy this place to start with…keep it coming Dallas, just stay focused sunn!

    Why can’t people just appreciate what they have going on…come to Africa, come to Egypt, and try to throw your weight around here, try to start some shit here and see what happens, if you don’t have the balls or vag to match,,,then zip it.

    I didn’t mean to offend anyone..

    • http://myspace.com/numidium Marc

      Right said bro, I like y’alls band! BRUTUS!!!

      • http://www.myspace.com/brutusegypt TIMUR

        Appreciate it dude. Thanks.

    • http://www.facebook.com/people/Rob-Kurkjian/1238131077 Rob Kurkjian

      Im sorry but if I saw Dallas in real life im pretty sure i would still call him a douche trust me its not just on here that I find him to be a tremendous Douchebag

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/William-Morley/618112437 William Morley

    Wow, yeah, turning Ozzfest from a nu-metal to a metalcore festival was “significant”.

    Shut the fuck up Dallas. Besides, God Forbid have never been more than a spot on the ass of metalcore anyway. You wish you were in Killswitch Engage. Douche bag.

  • KilledByDeath

    kewl

    I still don’t get how people can praise KsE… It’s sloppy musically, technically and there’s no variation to it. And no guitar talent behind a rock band!!! WTF? That just shouldn’t be.

  • pigchop

    When are the Rolling Stones putting out a new album?

  • Jesse

    Nice one Dallas. I used to look forward to the end of my week for two reasons: 1) I don’t have to be awake or even part of society for 48 hours, and 2) Blogs like that one.

    All these people are right. You’re a douche. And douches right good blogs.

  • monster_mash

    he`s right ….

    metal ? no

    but you GUYS? suck ! :D

  • Frampler

    I fail to see how Dallas Coyle and his primitive brand of the English language remain relevant given that he is no longer involved with any noteworthy metal band.

  • Colin

    hahaha at this really, thx

    • Colin

      Oh yeah Deflorate and Eternal return from 2009 are pretty break through in the metal scene today i think. Fuck this guy.

  • Sven

    I get the hint that there’s some serious emotional problems at work here. This is a man struggling with being a nobody like the rest of us. A desperate grasp at whatever fame or infamy he can squeeze out of that stone, having willfully become a complete washup, royally fucking over his band at their zenith, and pissing off whatever fans he has left with disturbed, incoherent screeds. Egged on by self-medication and masturbatory flame baiting over the internet, these provides a short-lived fix, but will never smooth over the guilt of having disappointed family, friends, and fans in continually egregious ways.

    How very sad. Seek help.

  • Jewers

    First!

  • Sadist Ways

    Easy there Troy Polamalu. On injured reserve talking shit. Yes, you do have sweet Head N’ Shoulders hair. Now fuck off and die.

    • Jewers

      I hate the god damn Steelers…

    • Hammer_Smashed_Hurtt

      “Juust let your SOOOOOUUL GLO!!!”

      • dimentian

        Dude that made my day.

        • Sadist Ways

          Every now and then I have a good one that I share. : )

          • TrapThem

            That’s funny shit right there…Didn’t expect a Coming to America reference on a Sunday afternoon on metalsucks

  • ROMAN

    Dallas your blogs are a waste of bandwidth

    face it, you are a nobody now, just like most other people here. so quit acting like your better than everyone just because your claim to fame was a shitty metalcore band.

    honestly, my grandma is more relevent in todays metal scene than you are

    so get fucked

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Mathew-James-Saunders/1153389571 Mathew James Saunders

    Should have gone back to community college like your family said bro…this “metal” thing you were once into isn’t your cup of tea anymore; for your superior brother who is much more talented? A+

  • xTaylorSwiftx

    god forbid is th epitomy of gerenic metalcore, fuck u dallas and ur shitty fuckin band, go suck moose balls , take that from Canada cunt, fuck ur band

    • http://www.myspace.com/brutusegypt TIMUR

      sweetheart, that’s *epitome and *generic…

      I love Canada, my second home, but a straight edge Taylor Swift…that’s a first. Golf Clap.

  • xTaylorSwiftx

    eat shit

  • sprimusp

    Keep thinking your cool man, you are a douche bag who writes blogs for a shite website.

  • needly needly doo

    hope ivan moody buttfucks you in hell

  • needly needly doo

    ivan will give you one of his five dick ass punches……..douche

  • joshkid

    MetalsuckS = Awesome Website
    The Hard R = Shit Blog

  • http://myspace.com/poimusic The GnarRRR

    Dallas, NEVER post on here. didnt read anythiny else did but most of the main [oster’s on here just talk high string 1337357 shit anyways. great point and im sure at least half the people that come on this website feel the same way!

    GL

    -Ryan

  • cockballs

    i hope you read this. your an american hero and that post made my week. you sarcastic asshole, i commend you.

  • Wrathchild

    Nooooo don’t go back to God Forbid! You already wasted enough of their time.

    Couldn’t cut it as a musician, so you did the obvious transition to a bitter “writer” ; and now you just talk shit about other bands. BRAVO! Btw. Even Susan Boyle (old and fat and nothing to look at) yet fucking OWNS you as far as her career goes in the music business. The old lady outdid you dude. And don’t even mention KsE, Ivan Moody or FFDP, they are all doers, you’re a talker. Also, I heard it from a fairly reliable source that God Forbid didn’t get the FFDP tour because of your stupid mouth. So technically, you are still wasting their time. Way to go.

  • http://www.masterful-magazine.com/ Choronzon

    The good thing to happen in metal in 2009 was Ironwood’s self-released “Fire Water Ash” album. Progressive folk metal that has no equal. Sample their music here: http://www.myspace.com/ironwoodband

  • Skeletonwitchcraft

    i think 2009 was a great year for metal. you dont have to have a groundbreaking album like alive or just breathing to make the year great.

    what made the year great was the amount of killer albums that where released. looking at the few previous years, we havent had that many great albums in one year like we got in 09.

    so it was pretty fuckin great.

  • Ender^Wiggin

    2009 was an amazing year for metal. Definitely one of the most diverse and creative in past years.

    Townsend’s Ki is the reason enough.

    • Ender^Wiggin

      Yeah, Ki is not a metal album strictly, so substitute metal for music, metal included.

  • SomeKid

    Please, if you’re going to post a blog, achieve something or say something worth reading. I spent a good minute of my life reading a poorly written attempt at calling me gay. You’re just making yourself look dumb, theres a reason everyone wants you to leave.

  • Sin and Death

    Everyone took the bait again… Who knew that Dallas was better at creating flame wars than making music?

  • dimentian

    Hey douche, Metal had a NUMBER ONE ALBUM!!!! ALL HOPE IS GONE. Like it or not thats a huge feat considering all the rap bullshit out there. And yes, your band wasn’t even close.EVER. Go find me some oranges.

    • http://relativationofjustice.blogspot.com Chris the Mad Scientist

      Except that All Hope is Gone came out in 2008. Dumbass.

    • SonOF

      “Go find me some oranges?” Is that some some sort of weird racist comment? I’m confused.

  • cryptosis

    Obscura you fucking dipshit. That’s all I gotta say. God you have bad taste…

  • http://relativationofjustice.blogspot.com Chris the Mad Scientist

    The fact that the comment thread for this post is about twelve times as long as the actual post proves why Dallas will never get fired from MetalSucks. His blogs bring hits to the site and encourage contribution from readers, even if it is bullshit like this.

    I personally don’t have an opinion either way on what Dallas says, and even if I did, all I would do was state it, not try to shove it down all your throats. THAT is why Dallas wrote this blog – all of you idiots who try to shove your opinions down other people’s throats because you think that what you have to say is gospel. Get a clue, fishdicks – opinions aren’t right or wrong, they just are. If you agree or disagree with someone else’s, then good for you. But just because you agree doesn’t make you both right, and just just because you disagree doesn’t make the other guy wrong and you right. You are not the center of the universe. Deal with it.

    And for the record, I found Dallas’ end-of-year list hilarious, even if I do disagree with most of it. He can do what he wants, just like I can do what I want. The only thing that matters: LONG LIVE METAL!

  • Superhans

    i bet this touched a few nerves haha if you despise dallas so much then don’t read his blogs

  • SonOF

    Just for fun:

    Girl getting kicked in the face in the pit at God Forbid show: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sgOfI7Jz0Nc

    \m/

  • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F4CUWiGduIU the definition of metal

    Per our conversation last night:

  • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F4CUWiGduIU the definition of metal
  • Hammer_Smashed_Hurtt

    <<>>>

    “Dallas…Coyle…Makes Bryant Gumble…Look like ………Malcolm X..”

    • Hammer_Smashed_Hurtt

      ( Spoken in passable Paul Mooney)

  • Deathexplosion

    who is this guy again?

  • http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/46e389eb8b79606050d3d447431ff6ac?s=80 Nate

    I’m watching your betcha can’t play this and just laughing. JUST laughing. “crazy timing” LAWL. No, you suck. Meshuggah is crazy timing. THAT wasn’t. Upstrokes are not that difficult.

    I think I just pissed myself!

    But on a more serious note, get the fuck off this site, you two-bit, self-agrandizing vomit-gargler

    • http://www.facebook.com/people/William-Morley/618112437 William Morley

      Its even funnier if you watch it on the compilation of all the “bet you can’t play this” videos on youtube cos literally everyone else on there can shred like a mother fucker then Dallas just plays this really shit ass riff. Oh wait, I guess he wasn’t being serious then either.

      • http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/46e389eb8b79606050d3d447431ff6ac?s=80 Nate

        LOL. Oh man, the chris broderick double tapping and rusty cooley legato then… Dallas. Yeahhhh…. I love how Dallas’ view of metal revolves around the mainstream, metalcore and new wave of american heavy metal scene.

    • ben

      don’t you mean semen-gargler?

      • http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/46e389eb8b79606050d3d447431ff6ac?s=80 Nate

        Nah, because I know some gay dudes that are more metal and intelligent than Dallas. But I wouldn’t doubt if he was addicted to his band members’.

  • :3

    I think it’s time we make a Firefox Greasemonkey script that auto hides blog posts by specified author.

  • dimentian

    jygguj

  • RobotScythe

    Apparently Dallas thinks he’s alot funnier and smarter than he actually is.

    And the fact that most people didn’t “get the joke” has more to do with the poor construction of the joke than the intelligence of the reader. Sarcasm is only funny when the person using it ACTUALLY knows how to use it.

    There’s nothing more annoying than someone who thinks they are Bill Hicks in their own mind but comes across as Carrot Top to everyone else.

  • Corey S

    You know what’s sad though, is that he has no respect for the people who support his art-form. He (when he was still a musician) needed us to keep him and his band going… hell, metal needs it’s fans to stay afloat- it’s not like we’re getting practical blowjobs from the fucking radio stations that play pop/rap bullshit. I hate taking this standpoint, but maybe people like Dallas here should get off his fucking horse and pay attention to the fact that (in the eyes of the greater musical establishment) us metalheads are idiots. Not only are you proving their point, Dallas, but the last thing we need is more shit from the people we’re supposed to have things in common with. I hear crap from my grandmother about my music being stupid, I hear shit from my mom, dad, sister, friends, teachers, etc, etc. I don’t need shit from a guy who actually used to make his money playing it. Oh, and my favorite bands are Mastodon and Gojira… I fucking love metal… and I don’t give a shit what other people listen to… because all that matters is what I like. Maybe you shouldn’t either. Just some random thoughts.

  • Art Weingartner

    Shitty guitar player. Does anyone care about this shitheads blog? Don’t care what he thinks. Just takes up space on the website. Shut up and go back to playing music. Must of us would kill to be in your shoes…so just shut the fuck up.

  • NYY188

    Dallas, I am a big God Forbid fan and hope you continue to make great music, but there is a point of contention on this blog:

    Killswitch Engage did not kill nu-metal with Alive or Just Breathing. It couldn’t have happened for several reasons. For one, they weren’t and still aren’t THAT popular. Their high water mark is a gold CD, which means sales of 500,000. They would not reach that until The End of Heartache, and again on As Daylight Dies. That is the roof for bands like them. It is impressive by extreme music standards, but not all that impressive. Don’t get me wrong, I love Killswitch, but there are a ton of people who have never heard that name who can tell you who Korn are/were. Music is a rollercoaster. It increases and declines in popularity for various different reasons. The fact is, it’s not always because another subgenre takes its place. Perhaps nu metal simply ate itself and became stale. I can’t say I’m much a fan of nu metal, but metalcore did not replace nu metal. It never reached the heights (sales, not artistically) that nu metal did. Plain and simple. If you still believe it is so, please tell me what explains the decline in the popularity of most metalcore bands and why that has happened. They may have gotten hot at the time and been chosen for Ozzfest (which hardly means you are superstars when 500,000 is the roof), but that does not mean they wiped out nu metal.

    Another thing: It was a great year for metal. Sure, some good bands made some forgettable albums like Killswitch. Their second self titled album is as stale as month old bread. It’s a tired act. Being formulaic isn’t always bad, but really, they NEED change more than others. I still love them, but I love bands who take chances, which leads me to the good albums:

    God Forbid- Earthsblood- more progressive, melodic, and heavier at the same time. Best GF album.
    Between the Buried and Me- The Great Misdirect- Rather than make colors part 2, they made a huge album, where 3 of the songs exceed 10 minutes and the album closer is a 17 minute epic.
    Mastodon- Crack the Skye- Biggest curveball of 09. Progressive sludge no more.
    Scale the Summit- Carving Desert Canyons- A couple guys my age made an instrumental album with discernable riffs that I can remember. Progressive, challenging, yet melodic and memorable.
    Converge- Axe to Fall- No need to explain this!
    Novembers Doom- Into Nights Requiem Infernal- Another great one by the Chicago doom/death metallers.
    Megadeth- Endgame- No need here. Chris Broderick+Dave=shred

    many more!

  • Hammer_Smashed_Hurtt (AKA: Dallas Coyle’s Juicy Curl))

    Fucketh Thine Self.

  • blankman

    Classy.

    Honeslty, im really suprised someone thats a professional musician is acting such like a child (not the first!), on a silly website.

    Seriously Dallas, grow up. You’re not looking any different from the people you’re bad mouthing. This isnt a good way to come off, esp to someone that doesnt know your music/material. Try to act like a professional.

    Just an idea.

  • Biff Tannen

    I bet this guy Dallas’ mom wears underwear with dick holes in them.

  • Mike

    The attitude Dallas displays is emblematic of what I find so stupid about the metal scene. Like many metalheads, he seems forever trapped in the mind of a disgruntled 15 teenager, dreaming of epic battles in which his anger, intelligence,and sour grapes attitude towards popular culture can help him overcome his genetic and social disadvantages to defeat his oppressors. The bitter discourse of these insecure, small-minded keyboard pugilists is full of words like “brutality”, “purity”, “loyalty”, and “allegiance”, all this pseudo-military speak.

    Especially ridiculous to me is this military approach to music, as if music is a great war, where the metalcore guerillas come down from the mountains and overthrow the mainstream-imperialist-installed numetal regime until deathcore dissenters from within betray their metalcore comrades and take over the revolution, while hipster spies sent by the invading imperialist oppressor infiltrate the guerilla faction, sowing seeds of discontent with strategically-placed blog entries.

    For fuck’s sake, metalheads, the world isn’t out to get you! In the end, if you’re looking at metal as anything other than a healthy release of aggression and energy, you’re deluding yourself. It’s just you sitting at your computer being angry about the changing tides of a cultural war that doesn’t really mean a fucking thing.

    • Mike

      Oh and by the way, I like metal.

    • Edika

      +1, well said my friend, well said

    • http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/46e389eb8b79606050d3d447431ff6ac?s=80 Nate

      O.o nice metaphor. Where’s the tech death though? Oh wait, it just doesn’t give a shit. I’d like to point out that some genres, like Tech Death and Power Metal don’t have any of that bullshit mentality. It comes from the HxC influence of metalcore that brings that militarism in.

    • DidgeryDo

      Beautiful! Very very well said!

  • ben

    It must be the case that Dallas was actually KICKED OUT of God Forbid because his bandmates read his blog!

  • Vince

    you obviously have not heard of conducting from the grave and their album when legends become dust which dropped last year. some of the best tech death shit ive heard, and hella catchy. wretched came with the exodus of autonomy which was great. and between the buried and me came out with the great misdirect which is some of the most out there death metal yet. most of you guys like shitty bands, im not gonna lie. mastodon? come on man. but id say 2009 was a great year for metal. well in particular, death metal. thats the only metal i find worth a damn anymore. few exceptions there.

    • http://www.myspace.com/gragsha Timur

      Between The Buried & Me are death metal!? I am getting more & more confused in my post-pubescent age…

      Conducting From The Grave’s album was very goooood….and death metal is the obvious breeding ground for great talent…can’t argue there…any Gorod fans?

      Bottomline,,,I hate labels/categories n shit,,,but disliking the last Mastodon record for any reason…now that’s real Hate…if you’re gonna do that then at least give us a good reason…for example, “I don’t like KSE because of the way Adam runs around like a fool onstage and hogs the mic to say stupid shit…” or “Brain Drill are crap because it’s just guitar and drum wankery, I can’t hear a song structure there…” [I enjoy both bands ok]

      T

      p.s. if this is the real Vince N…I hope we are still on for drinks…I wasn’t slaggin anyone’s taste…not that I wouldn’t mind if someone stepped up to me :)

      • http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/46e389eb8b79606050d3d447431ff6ac?s=80 Nate

        Gorod/CFTG both had awesome releases. But, CFTG is more of a Sumeriancore outfit than a tech death band… They have a few breakdowns in every song… Though these breakdowns aren’t your typical open note spam, and a lot of them have melodies…

  • A-bomb

    I think I get it- the last blog and this blog are just so funny and sarcastic that they’ve hit a new milestone for comedy. Nobody’s laughing because his “humor” is so far beyond our years. Dallas’ last postings are killing old comedy as we know it. Maybe in 3 or 4 years we’ll all be able to laugh?

  • dave

    dallas needs to get a life. you are like 30 grow up. God Forbid sucks.

    • Hand Banana

      Agreed.

  • needly needly doo

    dallas you make me sick calling your self brilliant you look like little richards stunt double in gay movies

  • DidgeryDo

    “…ACTUALLY takes to become a band that changes a trend or makes a cultural difference. And I am right. ”

    Coming from a guy who has obviously reached the apex of his career a long time ago and STILL has not done any of those things I have wonder if you really REALLY know what it takes. Maybe you just have not
    been trying all this time…